Live - Volume One [Live]

Bill Monroe | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 19, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1990
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live
• Label: Rural Rhythm
• ASIN: B00005BGUP
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #288,766 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Love Please Come Home (Introduction)

2. Willie Moore

3. Bluegrass Breakdown [Instrumental]

4. Mule Skinner Blues

5. Kentucky Waltz

6. Southern Flavor [Instrumental]

7. The Old Cross Road

8. Wheel Hoss [Instrumental]

9. Uncle Pen

10. Shenandoah Breakdown [Instrumental]

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. I'm on My Way Back to the Old Home (Introduction)

2. Take Me Home

3. Sugar Loaf Mountain [Instrumental]

4. Come Hither to Go Yonder [Instrumental]

5. Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord

6. Nothern White Clouds [Instrumental]

7. Old, Old House

8. Tombstone Junction [Instrumental]

9. Take Courage Un' Tomorrow

10. Theme

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Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine Live Album From Late In Bill Monroe's Career, May 3, 2002

By 

Todd A. Gracyk (Petaluma, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Live - Volume One (Audio CD)

There are presently 4 Bill Monroe live albums available which were recorded late in his career, and the one I like best is "Live - Volume One."

"Live - Volume One" is a 2 CD album taken from concerts in June of 1990. The Blue Grass Boys at this time were Tom Ewing, Tater Tate, Blake Williams, and Billy Rose (a good band, not a great band). These recordings were captured by a documentary film crew using state of the art equipment. For being relatively late in his career, Monroe is in top form here, both vocally and musically. The material is mostly Monroe standards along with a few lesser heard titles. There is a nice mix of uptempo songs, ballads, gospel songs, and instrumentals. There is also a fine rendition of that extremely popular song "Happy Birthday."

This 2 CD album comes with an excellent booklet with 18 pages of text by Larry Nager (some of the text refers to material that will be presented in the second volume of this series). There are also many photographs interspersed with the text.